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South Korea, Japan resume flights between capitals as Covid-19 eases

Passengers go through boarding procedures at Gimpo airport in Seoul on Wednesday as flights between the South Korean airport and Tokyo's Haneda airport partially reopened the same day following a more than two-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo photo)

SEOUL: Flights between the capitals of South Korea and Japan resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Four airlines from the two countries -- Korean Air and Asiana Airlines of South Korea and Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways -- started operating a total of eight round trips a week through the route between Seoul's Gimpo airport and Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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